Obviously, you should give the ITP/RFP bug author much more than a few days to respond... Have you mentioned your interest to the bug page? I would try to contact the bug author at least a few more times.
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Gergely Nagy <[email protected]> wrote: > Mathias Ertl <[email protected]> writes: > >> There is a package I desperately want in Debian and there already is an ITP >> for it that is almost a year old. There wasn't any activity on it except that >> the author reverted the automatic ITP -> RFP conversion after 6 monts of >> inactivity. I did write to the bug-author a few days ago if he still intends >> to package it but haven't received a response yet. >> >> So in general: What is appropriate the procedure in adopting such a bug? I >> don't want to 'hijack' anything. How long should I wait for a response from >> the author? Should I file a new bug or change the owner of the old one? > > This largely depends on which ITP bug we're talking about, as there > might be good reasons the ITP is still pending. Without more > information, though, no reasonable suggestion can be made, in my > opinion. > > -- > |8] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/camtvz+vs0aslkwrgbdatxayxonsrzgw4wkxfcbqu89d_xnl...@mail.gmail.com
